I recently received an email from a reader with a familiar problem. During therapy, she had discussed how limerence was disrupting her life, and received the following advice from her …
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On beauty
On holiday this week, so today's post is a repost from the olden days of the site (2017). I'm still fascinated by the neuroscience of beauty, and why our LOs become so dazzling during limerence. The …
Case study: I’m unhappy in my relationship. Should I keep trying?
One of the consequences of unwanted limerence is that it forces you to face some important problems. Counterintuitively, limerence often erupts when life has been coasting along pretty well - but the …
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Is your limerent object a narcissist?
One of the recurrent themes that comes up when trying to make sense of a difficult limerent object, is the concept of narcissism. It's quite satisfying if you've been ensnared by a self-centered …
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Coffeehouse: transferring limerence
Today's topic of discussion is proposed by Cassie: You wrote about transfer to other relationships in a previous blog. After months and months of thinking what to do, I have just ended one …
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Case study: when No Contact doesn’t work
Today's case study is a good one. Serena got in touch about how to deal with a tough problem: when no contact doesn't work. The backstory is a little complicated, so I'll summarise the highlights. …
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